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Artist
Casa Murilo
12+ albums
norwegianindiesinger-songwriterindie rockNorway
about
In 2007 two young Englishmen, Chris Winfield and Dan Hesketh, met a pair of Norwegian girls in Salvador, Brazil, where they worked together and lived a virtually carefree, hedonistic life and made the most of everything the country had to offer. This flamboyant lifestyle, however, was perhaps not the wisest choice for the long term, and eventually the boys decided to move to Norway in search of a new life. The band Casa Murilo (dedicated to Murilo Vilas Boas Nascimento, housemate to the boys in Brazil and a well respected TV host) was started soon after their arrival in Oslo. In September 2009 the band was completed with the addition of the four Norwegian musicians Fredrik Baden, Rudi Leo J. Johansen, Håkon Møller and Sturla Hinze. Within a year the band had been embraced by P3 Urørt, invited to play at the Norwegian Wood festival, played as a support band for Kråkesølv and all over the country. In September 2010 the band went into the studio to record their first full length album, at first glance a festive and friendly singalong affair, though shot through with serious undertones. After being invited to record a track for the charity compilation album "Hjertestups" in aid of the Tyrili Foundation in 2010 along with Norwegian greats like Bigbang, Dum Dum Boys, and Sivert Høyem, their song "Drunken Promises" was listed on P3 national radio, and the band visited Popsalongen where they performed a brilliant version of Lykke Li's hit "Get Some" which can be heard on the band
